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By Thomas Firey
What about China? That’s the surprising objection I’ve received to my “Departing the Shining City,” which ran on The Bulwark over Labor Day weekend. My essay looks back on Michael Anton’s “The Flight 93 Election” and disputes his objections to immigration (broadly, not just “illegal immigration”) and trade (again broadly, not just “unfair trade”), as well as his rejection of Goldwater–Reagan conservatism. I expected to get some criticisms for the essay, but I’m surprised that one I’ve received is a...
Steve Davies is perhaps the most knowledgeable person I know, almost infallible when quoting dates and events. His book on the "nature and origins" of the modern economy is an excellent one. Different than others (including Deirdre McCloskey's Bourgeois trilogy), Davies focuses more on presenting...
But concerning the economics of trade, from 1992 to 2016 China’s weighted-average tariff on imports fell from 32% to 3.5% and the United States’ fell from 4% to 1.7%.I think it is also worth noting China has been generally improving (ie lowering) non-tariff trade barriers as well up until this trade war.
Jon Murphy , September 20, 12:52 pm.